S4 The Mountaineer 
SECRETARY’S REPORT. 
The past year has been a most prosperous and interesting one 
for The Mountaineers. The number of members in good standing 
has increased over 50 per cent. The walks and outings have been 
particularly pleasant and well attended and the outside work of 
the club quite comprehensive and for the most part, productive of 
results. 
By the help of a very enthusiastic Everett member, an auxiliary 
club was organized in Everett, thereby adding 48 members to our 
rolls. Their program of walks, printed on the general notices has 
resulted in a very pleasant and profitable intercourse. . 
In addition to other work we carried on a campaign for more 
and better roads and trails in the Mt. Rainier National Park and 
for appropriations to maintain the present roads, a matter that 
had been entirely overlooked by Congress. Along this line, our ef- 
forts have been directed towards obtaining an appropriation for the 
survey of a road around the mountain, skirting the glaciers at as 
high an altitude as possible and with a maximum grade of 8%. Such 
a grade would make it possible to reach many points of great inter- 
est, not otherwise attainable. We urge that a trail be constructed 
along the line of such a survey, with the first money available, so 
that all sides of the mountain would be accessible at a comparatively 
early date. Later and as more money became available, this trail 
could be gradually widened to a road. 
We are indebted to many of our friends and to kindred and com- 
mercial organizations for their prompt offers of aid and also sug- 
gestions for obtaining the necessary legislation to carry out this 
plan. Also to Senator Piles and Congressman Humphrey for their 
prompt assistance. We hope that this friendly help will be con- 
tinued in the future until the results obtained will be in some 
measure commensurate with the merits of the most splendid moun- 
tain in the United States. 
A short but strenuous and successful campaign was carried on 
in the spring to curtail the activities of a shingle bolt company who, 
having in some manner obtained a permit to cut dead and down 
cedar in a portion of the Rainier National Park, were cutting and 
slashing everything in sight, without a protest from anyone. 
Our active interest in the naming of points of natural beauty in 
the state and particularly in the neighborhood of Mt. Rainier, was 
recognized by an invitation from Mr. Francois E. Mathes of the 
U. S. Geological Survey, on behalf of the government, for representa- 
tives of the club to meet him and discuss this subject. 
Being greatly interested in the preservation of the wild animals 
and birds of the state, The Mountaineers will maintain an active 
interest during the coming session of the legislature, in obtaining 
the enactment of a law absolutely prohibiting any further killing of 
mountain goats. 
We were highly pleased by the generosity of Mr. Robt. Moran, 
who notified the club that he was prepared to donate to the state 
eighty acres of land near the summit of Mt. Constitution, providing 
